Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de paul 
British Province

New Catholic Deaf Centre in Wales

Thanks to the generosity of parishioners up and down the country who gave to the 'Day for Life' collection last year, the newly opened Catholic Deaf Centre in the Archdiocese of Cardiff has just received a cheque for £3,000. At the opening and blessing of the new Centre on the evening of Thursday    27 September 2007 (Feast of St Vincent de Paul ) the Most Reverend Peter Smith, Archbishop of Cardiff and Chair of the Department for Citizenship and Responsibility presented the cheque to Sister Mary Chisholm, Daughter of Charity, the Director the Centre.

Bubbling with enthusiasm, Sr Mary Chisholm declared, "We now have a wonderful new building. As you can imagine, equipping the new centre has not been cheap.  In the light of this we are absolutely delighted to receive a cheque for £3,000 from last year's 'Day for Life' collection.  With our new centre, we look forward to serving deaf, hard of hearing and deafened people in Wales for many years to come."

Archbishop Peter Smith added, "I'm delighted that 'Day for Life 2006' has been able to support the invaluable work of the Catholic Deaf Service which does a great job in providing much needed spiritual and practical support to deaf and hard of hearing people throughout Wales."

"Last year's 'Day for Life' celebrated the life and presence of disabled people in the Church and in society today.   A number of disability projects and organisations will receive financial support, and work will begin on a national resource to provide disability awareness education/catechesis programmes for use in parishes and in schools."

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